title: National health spending trends in 1996. National Health Accounts Team.
abstract: The National Health Accounts, produced annually by the Health Care Financing Administration's Office of the Actuary, present estimates for 1960-1996 of nationwide spending for health care and the sources funding that care. This year's estimates set two records: Spending topped $1 trillion for the first time, and expenditure growth slowed to the lowest rate seen in thirty-seven years of measuring health care spending--4.4 percent. The combination of decelerating health spending and a growing economy has kept national health spending as a share of the nation's gross domestic product unchanged for the fourth consecutive year.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Levit
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lazenby
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Braden
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D005249:Fees and Charges; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics; D008483:Medical Assistance / Q000191:economics; D010548:Personal Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States